# Score for Aesthetic.Computer & Pals

As implemented in this monorepo through the direction of [@jeffrey](https://prompt.ac/@jeffrey) ([ORCID](https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4460-4913)).

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## Context Resolution Order

Interpret names and requests in this order unless the user explicitly points elsewhere:

1. **Our seat / local fleet** — machines, displays, prompt rocks, host tooling, and the immediate development environment. Names such as `panda`, `chicken`, `neo`, and `blueberry` mean machines first.
2. **Aesthetic Computer** — this monorepo, its pieces, services, and production system.
3. **Client context** — client infrastructure or projects only when the conversation makes that context clear; resolve their details through `aesthetic-computer-vault`.

Do not interpret a known machine name as an Aesthetic Computer piece until the seat/fleet meaning has been ruled out.

## Front Door

<!-- stats:start -->
359 built-in pieces (341 JS + 18 KidLisp), ~90 API endpoints.<br>
2812 registered handles, 265 user-published pieces, 4429 paintings, 16779 KidLisp programs, 18107 chat messages, 20 prints ordered.<br>
*Last refreshed: Mar 16, 2026*
<!-- stats:end -->

Visit https://aesthetic.computer — press the top left of the screen or type any key to activate the prompt.

Enter names of built-in pieces like `notepat`, `boyfriend`, or `list` for a scrollable index. User-published pieces live at handles like `@bash/hub`.

Every piece is URL addressable (e.g. https://aesthetic.computer/notepat). Generate QR codes with `share notepat`.

**Getting started:**
1. Enter `imnew` to register
2. Verify your email
3. Set a @handle via `handle your-name`
4. Enter `chat` to say hi

**Recipes:** See [USER-GUIDE.md](USER-GUIDE.md) for making paintings, playing melodies, and joining the community.

**Links:**
- **Tangled** (new home): https://tangled.org/aesthetic.computer/core
- **GitHub** (deprecating): https://github.com/whistlegraph/aesthetic-computer
- **No Paint (predecessor)**: https://nopaint.art ([HN 2020](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23546706))
- **Notepat on HN**: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41526754

> We are migrating from GitHub to [Tangled](https://tangled.org), a decentralized code hosting platform built on AT Protocol. Our repo now lives on a self-hosted knot at `knot.aesthetic.computer` under the same ATProto identity (`did:plc:k3k3wknzkcnekbnyde4dbatz`) that powers our PDS, user handles, and federated content. GitHub will be maintained as a read-only mirror during the transition.

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## Back Door

### Architecture

**Frontend (system/)**
- `system/public/aesthetic.computer/` — Web client (Canvas + WebGL)
  - `bios.mjs` — Core runtime, loads pieces
  - `boot.mjs` — System initialization
  - `disk.mjs` — Piece loader and lifecycle
  - `disks/*.mjs` — Individual pieces (programs)
  - `lib/*.mjs` — Shared libraries and utilities

**Backend**
- `session-server/` — Real-time multiplayer (Socket.io + geckos.io UDP). Hosted on its own DigitalOcean VPS; deployed via `fish session-server/deploy.fish` (sshes to the box, `git pull` from github main, restart node `session.mjs`). Houses `arena-manager.mjs` which is the authoritative pmove + snapshot pipeline for `disks/arena.mjs`.
- `lith/` — Production monolith deploy (Express + Caddy on a DigitalOcean VPS, pulled from the tangled knot `git@knot.aesthetic.computer:aesthetic.computer/core` via `lith/deploy.fish`). Express adapts the handlers in `system/netlify/functions/` as routes — the `netlify/functions/` path is historical; Netlify is no longer the host.
- `lith/mirror/` — knot↔github bidirectional mirror (systemd timer, every 60s). Lets us push to knot only while still letting downstream consumers (session-server VPS, mirrors) pull from github.
- `help/bridge/` — Local Express bridge on @jeffrey's macbook that spawns the host `claude` CLI and streams it as SSE; reached publicly through `help.aesthetic.computer` via the existing droplet proxy + autossh reverse tunnel. Powers the `aa` piece (admin-only phone-side chat with the macbook's claude). Auto-runs under launchd as `computer.aesthetic.aa-bridge` and `computer.aesthetic.aa-tunnel`.
- Authentication and data storage

**Arena auto-deploy (post-commit hook)** — Any commit on `main` that touches `disks/arena.mjs`, `lib/{arena-world,pmove,cam-doll}.mjs`, `session-server/{arena-manager,session}.mjs`, or `shared/` triggers a paired deploy in the background:
1. push HEAD to knot (`origin`) so lith pulls the right commit
2. `fish lith/deploy.fish` — pulls knot, restarts the monolith
3. wait ~75s for the knot→github mirror
4. `fish session-server/deploy.fish` — VPS pull from github + node restart

This is critical because `lib/pmove.mjs` is shared physics: client (lith) and server (session-server) MUST match, otherwise `arena-manager.mjs`'s reconciler will fight the client's prediction and movement glitches. Logs land in `.git/arena-auto-deploy.log`. Set `AC_NO_AUTO_DEPLOY=1` to skip (e.g. while bisecting).

**Languages**
- `kidlisp/` — KidLisp dialect (Lisp for generative art)
  - `compiler.mjs` — Parser and compiler
  - `spec/*.mjs` — Test specs

**Desktop (ac-electron/)**
- `ac-electron/main.js` — Electron main process: tray, menubar/notepat modes, multi-window orchestration, native bridges, auto-update.
- `ac-electron/preload.js` + `webview-preload.js` — Bridges between main process and the AC web client running in the embedded webview.
- `ac-electron/renderer/` — Native chrome (preferences, flip-view, notepat overlay) rendered outside the web client.
- `npm start` — Run against `https://aesthetic.computer` (prod) or `http://localhost:8888` (dev with `--dev`).
- `npm run build:mac` / `build:win` / `build:linux` — electron-builder packaging.
- `npm run release:host:mac` — Notarized signed mac build published to `silo.aesthetic.computer/desktop/`.
- **File associations:** mp3/wav/flac/ogg/m4a drop on the Dock icon (or onto a running window) opens the `play` piece. A loopback http server (`127.0.0.1:<ephemeral>`) streams the file with HTTP Range so scrubbing works.

**AC Electron Backlog:**
- [x] Drag-and-drop mp3 onto app icon launches `play` piece via loopback streaming server
- [ ] Same drop pipeline for paintings (`.png`/`.gif`) → open in `nopaint`
- [ ] Same drop pipeline for `.lisp` source → load directly as a piece (`source piece-name`)
- [ ] Multi-file drop: queue tracks in `play` as an ad-hoc playlist
- [ ] Promote `system.droppedFile` to a generic `system.droppedFiles[]` API so any piece can accept its own MIME types

**Bare Metal OS (fedac/native/)**
- `ac-os build` — Full build: binary → initramfs → kernel (produces `build/vmlinuz`)
- `ac-os flash` — Build + flash to USB
- `ac-os upload` — Build + upload OTA release (always rebuilds — never uploads stale kernels)
- `ac-os flash+upload` — Build + flash + upload
- **Important:** The kernel embeds the git hash and build name at compile time. `upload` without `build` would serve a stale kernel. The `ac-os` script enforces a full rebuild before every upload.

**AC Native Backlog:**
- [ ] Per-user wifi credential storage: move hardcoded SSIDs out of JS pieces into per-handle config (e.g. `config.json` or `/mnt/wifi_creds.json` on USB). Each user's build should bundle their saved networks, not @jeffrey's home wifi.
- [ ] Wifi cred persistence across OTA updates: saved networks on USB should survive re-flashing.
- [ ] Geo-aware greeting: use `geo` piece's IP location for dynamic "enjoy [city]!" instead of hardcoded "Los Angeles".
- [x] Claude native binary: switched to native binary (225MB ELF, no Node.js needed)
- [x] Claude OAuth: using device-code auth method, loopback interface enabled
- [ ] Session log upload to machines: on wifi connect + shutdown, upload ac-native.log to machines API (keyed by machine-id). View live/historical logs per device on machines dashboard.
- [ ] Live log streaming: WebSocket pipe from device → machines dashboard for real-time debug
- [ ] A/B kernel slots with auto-rollback: if boot doesn't reach "healthy" checkpoint in 60s, swap .prev kernel back
- [ ] Terminal: full Unicode font support (bitmap glyphs for box drawing, block elements)
- [ ] KidLisp GPU compositing: render effects on GPU buffer, recompose with CPU renderer

**Host Tooling (slab/)** — @jeffrey's macOS host, not a deployed service
- `slab/menubar-swift/` — native Swift menubar daemon (launchd `computer.slab.menubar`). Shows live Claude-session status, themes each Terminal.app/iTerm2 window by session state (working/awaiting/complete), tiles all windows into one grid, tints the desktop, and serves passphrases over a unix socket. Built + installed locally with `slab/menubar-swift/install.sh` (`swift build -c release` → universal arm64+x86_64 binary → app bundle + launchd agent); there is no remote deploy.
- **Tiling auto-fits the type:** `tileNow` sizes each Terminal window's font to the grid (Far/Near/Tiny modes) and drives `View ▸ Default Font Size` per window so a live window actually adopts it — a per-window zoom otherwise silently overrides the profile font and is invisible to AppleScript. Floors keep it legible (Far 10 / Near 9 / Tiny 8). iTerm2 has no AppleScript font property, so it tiles by bounds only.
- **Prompt rocks** (`slab/menubar-swift/Sources/SlabMenubar/PromptSigilOverlay.swift`) — the tumbling little stones parked at the top-right of each terminal window, one per live Claude session. Each rock is a 3D sigil rendered from the session's `sessionId + prompt` seed (so it re-forms when the session moves to a new prompt), lit by a shared global sun that tracks local time of day, wearing a pet name in bubble lettering. Its *motion* is the status channel — spin speed and direction encode working/awaiting/complete; being read by a peer makes it blink and rattle. Hovering one reveals a bubble summarizing the prompt (a cached one-line `claude -p haiku` inference). They're borderless click-through `.floating` windows, so hit-testing has to check occlusion by hand: a rock only answers the pointer while it's on screen *and* its terminal is still the topmost normal window under the cursor.
- **Prompt rocks MCP** (`slab/bin/prox-mcp.mjs`, registered as `prox` in `.mcp.json`) — an MCP over the fleet handle ledger (`Ledger.swift`; `~/.config/slab/ledger/{local,peers/*}.json`, served per-machine on tailnet-only `:5252`) so any agent can `prox_list` every live session across machines, `prox_find` a `host:name` reference (e.g. `neo:regif`) to its status/subject/cwd/seed, `prox_poke` one (`POST /poke` → the target rock blinks + rattles), and `prox_launch` a new Claude/Codex Terminal on a prompt host. Launch is deliberately not a remote shell: the target accepts only those two fixed agents, a bounded prompt, and a cwd beneath that user's home. `prox_close` reads the session marker for tty+pid and closes locally only (refuses the calling session). This is how a `machine:promptname` handle resolves without an SSH crawl.
- `slab/bin/ac-passphrase` — pinentry-free secret fetch from the daemon (see Development Environment below).

**Other Projects**
- `tezos/` — NFT/blockchain experiments
- `grab/` — Media utilities
- `feed/` — RSS/content feeds

### How to Run

**Start the dev server:**
```bash
npm start
# Visit http://localhost:8888
```

**Run all tests:**
```bash
npm test
```

**Run KidLisp tests:**
```bash
npm run test:kidlisp
# Or filter: npm run test:kidlisp -- --filter=<spec-name>
```

### Adding a Piece

Every piece is a single `.mjs` (JS) or `.lisp` (KidLisp) file in
[`system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/`](system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/).
Scaffold from the template:

```bash
npm run new <slug> "one-line description"
```

**Header convention** — the docs auto-scan reads lines 1–2:

```js
// Name, YY.MM.DD.HH.MM
// One-line description shown in `list` and prompt autocomplete.
```

**Lifecycle exports** (all optional except whichever ones you need):
`boot`, `paint`, `sim`, `act`, `leave`. Export `meta()` to opt the piece **into**
`list` and prompt autocomplete — omit it and the piece stays reachable at
`/<slug>` but hidden from indexes (good for drafts).

**Curating the entry** (richer `desc`, `colon` params/`examples`, force
`hidden: true`, or override an auto-entry): edit the `pieces` map in
[`system/netlify/functions/docs.js`](system/netlify/functions/docs.js). Curated
entries always win over the auto-scan.

See [`WRITE-A-PIECE.md`](WRITE-A-PIECE.md) for the end-user `source` / `publish`
flow and [`CLAUDE.md`](CLAUDE.md) for the full piece API surface.

### Development Environment

**Terminal Workflow (IMPORTANT):**
- **Use Emacs MCP + fishy terminal** for all command execution
- **DO NOT use Bash tool** for running commands - use fishy via Emacs MCP instead
- The fishy terminal (`🐟-fishy`) is the primary shell for all development commands

**Emacs Terminal Buffers:**
The development environment uses Emacs with named terminal buffers. Use Emacs MCP tools (`mcp_emacs_*`) to interact with them:

- `🐟-fishy` — Main fish shell (use this for all commands!)
- `🌐-site` — Site/web server logs
- `📋-session` — Session server logs
- `🧪-kidlisp` — KidLisp test runner
- `🔴-redis` — Redis logs
- `📊-top` — System monitoring
- `🚇-tunnel` — Tunnel logs
- (See AGENTS.md.backup for full list)

**How to run commands in fishy:**
1. Use `mcp_emacs_emacs_switch_buffer` to switch to `🐟-fishy`
2. Use `mcp_emacs_emacs_send_keys` to send the command
3. Send newline to execute

**Fish Shell Commands (`ac-*` helpers):**

#### Emacs & Development Environment
- `ac-aesthetic` — Connect to aesthetic emacs UI (alias for `aesthetic-now`)
- `ac-emacs-restart` — Kill and restart emacs daemon
- `ac-emacs-full-restart` — Restart emacs and reconnect UI
- `ac-emacs-kill` — Kill emacs daemon
- `ac-emacs-status` — Check emacs daemon health
- `ac-emacs-logs` — View emacs logs
- `ac-emacs-health-check` — Verify emacs config loaded correctly
- `ac-restart` — Restart all AC tabs/processes (calls emacs `ac-restart`)
- `ac-crash-diary` — View emacs crash log
- `ac-emacs-crash-monitor` — Background process that monitors emacs

#### Core Development
- `ac-artery` — Start artery development server
- `ac-artery-dev` — Start artery in dev mode
- `ac-site` — Start site server
- `ac-session` — Start session server
- `ac-url` — Get local tunnel URL
- `ac-views` — View stats
- `ac-watch` — Watch and rebuild (alias for `npm run watch`)
- `ac-repl` — Start REPL

#### KidLisp Tools
- `ac-st` — KidLisp source tree viewer (`ac-st cow`, `ac-st $cow`, `ac-st cow --source`)

#### Testing & Debugging
- `ac-test-tabs` — Test tab functionality
- `ac-diagnose` — Run diagnostics
- `ac-profile-start` — Start performance profiling
- `ac-profile-stop` — Stop performance profiling
- `ac-profile-report` — Generate profile report
- `ac-watch-cpu` — Monitor CPU usage
- `ac-dev-log` — View development logs
- `ac-dev-logs` — View all dev logs
- `ac-dev-log-clean` — Clean old logs
- `ac-dev-log-new` — Create new log
- `ac-piece-logs [slug]` — Recent piece-run telemetry (see [Piece-Log Debugging](#piece-log-debugging-client-side-errors))
- `ac-piece-logs-events [slug]` — Include captured `console.log`/`warn`/`error` output
- `ac-piece-logs-errors` — Runs with `status=error` in the last 60 minutes
- `ac-piece-logs-grep <regex>` — Search console-event text across recent runs

#### Deployment & Distribution
- `ac-pack` — Package for distribution
- `ac-unpack` — Unpack distribution
- `ac-ship` — Deploy/ship changes
- `ac-keep` — Save state/backup
- `ac-keeps` — List saved states
- `ac-keep-test` — Test keep functionality

#### Media & Recording
- `ac-tv` — TV mode
- `ac-record` — Start recording
- `ac-pix` — Image utilities
- `ac-media` — Media server

#### Services & Infrastructure
- `ac-servers` — Start all servers
- `ac-tunnel` — Start tunnel
- `ac-chat-system` — Start chat system
- `ac-chat-sotce` — Start sotce chat
- `ac-chat-clock` — Start clock chat
- `ac-stripe-print` — Stripe print service
- `ac-stripe-ticket` — Stripe ticket service
- `ac-logger` — View lith backend logs (the handlers living under `system/netlify/functions/` run under lith's Express; the name is legacy)
- `ac-oven` — Oven service
- `ac-offline` — Offline mode

#### Authentication & Tokens
- `ac-login` — Login to AC
- `ac-token` — Manage auth tokens
- `slab/bin/ac-passphrase <label> [timeout]` — request a passphrase from the Slab menubar daemon (socket at `~/.ac-daemon.sock`). Returns the secret on stdout, caches by label (default 600s TTL). Requires the Slab menubar app to be running. Use this when GPG / SSH / any signing operation fails with `No pinentry` in a non-interactive shell. Recipe to warm gpg-agent and then commit:
  ```zsh
  pp=$(slab/bin/ac-passphrase "git commit signing")
  [ -z "$pp" ] && exit 1
  echo test | gpg --pinentry-mode loopback --passphrase "$pp" --batch -s -o /dev/null 2>&1
  unset pp
  git commit -m "..."   # signs cleanly via cached agent
  ```

#### Host Access (Docker)
When running inside a Docker container on Jeffrey's MacBook (or any local Docker host), SSH to the host machine via:
```fish
ssh jas@host.docker.internal
```
- "SSH into my macbook" or "SSH into my host" means: connect to `host.docker.internal` from within the container
- `ac-host` lists all machines from `vault/machines.json` and can SSH to them
- The host machine resolves via `host.docker.internal` — do NOT use the LAN IP from machines.json when running in Docker

#### Other Tools
- `ac-host` — List machines, SSH connection info
- `ac-cdp-tunnel` — CDP tunnel
- `ac-cdp-status` — CDP status
- `ac-extension` — Build VSCode extension

**Quick Start:**
```fish
ac-aesthetic          # Connect to development UI
ac-emacs-full-restart # Restart everything
ac-restart            # Restart AC services only
```

**NPM Scripts:**
- `npm run aesthetic` — Full-stack local (site + session + services)
- `npm run site` — Client stack only
- `npm test` — Integration tests
- `npm run test:perf` — Performance tests
- `npm run url` — Get local tunnel URL

**Notation:**
- compush — commit, push; and when the commit touches live-served paths (`system/public/**`, `system/netlify/functions/**`), run `fish lith/deploy.fish` too, without being asked — push alone doesn't reach production

### Piece-Log Debugging (client-side errors)

Every piece load gets a fresh `pieceId` and a 2-second-batched wrapper around `console.log` / `warn` / `error` / `info` is installed in [`system/public/aesthetic.computer/lib/disk.mjs`](system/public/aesthetic.computer/lib/disk.mjs#L970) (~line 970). Events are POSTed to `/api/piece-log` ([`netlify/functions/piece-log.mjs`](system/netlify/functions/piece-log.mjs)) and stored in MongoDB in the `piece-runs` collection with phases `start` / `log` / `error` / `complete`.

This is the primary debug channel for problems you can't reproduce locally — silent synth failures, "worked for me but not for the user" bugs, hydration issues on specific hosts. Each record carries:

- `pieceId`, `slug`, `bootId`, `userAgent`, `host`, geo (from CF headers)
- `events[]` — the captured console output with `{level, at, elapsed, message}`, last 500 per run
- `error` — if the piece crashed, `{message, stack}`
- `summary` — on clean exit, `{duration, ...}`

**Inspecting from the CLI** (SSHes to lith, runs [`system/backend/piece-logs-cli.mjs`](system/backend/piece-logs-cli.mjs) against the deployed env):

```fish
ac-piece-logs notepat                   # recent 20 runs of a slug
ac-piece-logs-events notepat --since 30 # include console events, last 30 min
ac-piece-logs-errors                    # status=error runs in the last hour
ac-piece-logs-grep "drumMode"           # full-text search across captured events
ac-piece-logs-json --slug notepat | jq  # raw JSON for scripting
```

The CLI ships with every `fish lith/deploy.fish`. If you add new telemetry, bump the payload in `disk.mjs` and the phase handler in `netlify/functions/piece-log.mjs`; no schema migration needed (MongoDB collection is schemaless).

### Pulling Chat Messages (clock / system channels)

Chat lives in MongoDB. Each channel is a separate collection:

- `chat-system` — the main `chat` piece (`/chat`)
- `chat-clock` — the `laer-klokken` / r8dio chat piece (connects via `client.connect("clock")` in [`disks/laer-klokken.mjs`](system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/laer-klokken.mjs))

**Public read endpoint:** [`/api/chat-messages`](system/netlify/functions/chat-messages.mjs) (GET, 2-min Redis cache):

```fish
# Latest 100 clock-channel messages as chronological JSON (oldest → newest)
curl -s "https://aesthetic.computer/api/chat-messages?instance=clock&limit=100" | jq

# Just handle + text
curl -s "https://aesthetic.computer/api/chat-messages?instance=clock&limit=100" \
  | jq -r '.messages[] | "\(.when)  \(.from)  |  \(.text)"'

# Filter by sender or URL pattern (e.g. YouTube links from @prutti)
curl -s "https://aesthetic.computer/api/chat-messages?instance=clock&limit=100" \
  | jq -r '.messages[]
            | select((.from == "@prutti") or (.text | test("youtu\\.?be|youtube\\.com"; "i")))
            | "\(.when)  \(.from)  |  \(.text)"'
```

Query params:
- `instance` — `system` (default) or `clock`. Any other value hits `chat-system`.
- `limit` — up to **100** (over 100 returns HTTP 400). Sort is `when` descending, then reversed to chronological before returning.

Response shape: `{ instance, count, messages: [{ id, from, text, when, hearts }], nextBefore }`. `from` is resolved to `@handle` via the `@handles` collection, falling back to `"anon"` for unclaimed user ids. `hearts` joins the shared `hearts` collection (`type: "chat-<instance>"`). `nextBefore` is the oldest `when` in the page, ready to hand back as `before=` for the previous page.

**Going back further than 100 messages** — pass `before=<ISO>` to walk back (or use `nextBefore` from the previous response):

```fish
# All @prutti YouTube links in the clock channel, paginating back
cursor=""
while true
    set url "https://aesthetic.computer/api/chat-messages?instance=clock&limit=100"
    test -n "$cursor"; and set url "$url&before=$cursor"
    set page (curl -s $url)
    test (echo $page | jq '.count') -eq 0; and break
    echo $page | jq -r '.messages[]
      | select(.from == "@prutti" and (.text | test("youtu"; "i")))
      | "\(.when)  \(.text)"'
    set cursor (echo $page | jq -r '.nextBefore')
end
```

Full docs and `curl`/JS/Python examples live at [`/api/chat-messages` on api.aesthetic.computer](https://api.aesthetic.computer) (served by [`system/netlify/functions/api-docs.mjs`](system/netlify/functions/api-docs.mjs)).

If you ever need raw Mongo access (deleted messages, admin edits, heavier aggregations), go direct from lith:

```fish
# On lith (or any machine with backend creds loaded):
ac-host                                          # pick lith
# then in the ssh session:
cd aesthetic.computer/system
node -e '
  import("./backend/database.mjs").then(async ({ connect }) => {
    const { db, disconnect } = await connect();
    const rows = await db.collection("chat-clock")
      .find({ when: { $lt: new Date("2026-04-22T00:00:00Z") } })
      .sort({ when: -1 }).limit(500).toArray();
    console.log(JSON.stringify(rows, null, 2));
    await disconnect();
  });
'
```

When adding `before` pagination, update the TODO at the top of [`chat-messages.mjs`](system/netlify/functions/chat-messages.mjs) and bump the cache key so stale entries don't mask the new param.

### Keeps Market Stats (Tezos / Objkt)

Use this flow for live Keeps market checks (`jas.tez`, `keeps.tez`, contract-level stats).

**Actual sales (price + piece + buyer):** `node tezos/keeps-sales.mjs` (`--limit=N`,
`--json`, `--network=ghostnet`). Keeps sell through an objkt-style marketplace
(`ask` → `fulfill_ask`) at `KT1SwbTqhSKF6Pdokiu1K4Fpi17ahPPzmt1X`, which **objkt.com's
own GraphQL does not index** — so the `listing_sale`/`offer_sale` queries below return
0. The script reads sales straight from TzKT (a sale = a keeps `transfer` whose sender
is the marketplace; price = the buyer's `fulfill_ask` amount). Prefer it over the objkt
sales query for "what sold / latest sale."

```bash
# 1) Resolve domains + active Keeps contract
curl -sS "https://api.tzkt.io/v1/domains?name=jas.tez" | jq '.[0] | {name,address,owner,reverse}'
curl -sS "https://api.tzkt.io/v1/domains?name=keepz.tez" | jq '.[0] // "not-registered"'
curl -sS "https://api.tzkt.io/v1/domains?name=keeps.tez" | jq '.[0] | {name,address,owner,reverse}'
curl -sS "https://aesthetic.computer/api/keeps-config?network=mainnet" | jq .
```

```bash
# 2) Collection snapshot (Objkt v3 GraphQL, values are mutez)
CONTRACT="KT1Q1irsjSZ7EfUN4qHzAB2t7xLBPsAWYwBB"
read -r -d '' Q <<'EOF'
query ($contract: String!) {
  fa(where: { contract: { _eq: $contract } }) {
    contract
    name
    items
    owners
    active_listing
    active_auctions
    floor_price
    volume_24h
    volume_total
  }
}
EOF
curl -sS "https://data.objkt.com/v3/graphql" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  --data "$(jq -n --arg q "$Q" --arg contract "$CONTRACT" '{query:$q,variables:{contract:$contract}}')" \
  | jq '.data.fa[0] | . + {floor_price_xtz:(.floor_price/1000000),volume_24h_xtz:(.volume_24h/1000000),volume_total_xtz:(.volume_total/1000000)}'
```

```bash
# NOTE: for Objkt `offer_active` / `listing_active` rows:
# - `id` is the database row id
# - `bigmap_key` is the on-chain offer/ask id used by contract entrypoints
# Use `bigmap_key` for fulfill/retract calls.
read -r -d '' IDS_Q <<'EOF'
query ($contract: String!) {
  offer_active(where: { fa_contract: { _eq: $contract } }, order_by: { price_xtz: desc }, limit: 20) {
    id
    bigmap_key
    price_xtz
    token { token_id name }
  }
}
EOF
curl -sS "https://data.objkt.com/v3/graphql" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  --data "$(jq -n --arg q "$IDS_Q" --arg contract "$CONTRACT" '{query:$q,variables:{contract:$contract}}')" \
  | jq '.data.offer_active'
```

```bash
# 3) "Today" window in Los Angeles (matches local day conversations)
START="$(TZ=America/Los_Angeles date -d 'today 00:00' -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
END="$(TZ=America/Los_Angeles date -d 'tomorrow 00:00' -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
echo "$START -> $END"

# Mint count today (from=null means mint)
curl -sS "https://api.tzkt.io/v1/tokens/transfers?token.contract=$CONTRACT&timestamp.ge=$START&timestamp.lt=$END&limit=200" \
  | jq '[.[] | select(.from==null)] | {mint_count:length, token_ids:map(.token.tokenId)}'
```

```bash
# 4) Sales today (listing_sale + offer_sale)
read -r -d '' SALES_Q <<'EOF'
query ($contract: String!, $start: timestamptz!, $end: timestamptz!) {
  listing_sale(
    where: {
      _and: [
        { token: { fa_contract: { _eq: $contract } } }
        { timestamp: { _gte: $start, _lt: $end } }
      ]
    }
    order_by: { timestamp: desc }
    limit: 200
  ) { id timestamp price_xtz seller_address buyer_address token { token_id name } }
  offer_sale(
    where: {
      _and: [
        { token: { fa_contract: { _eq: $contract } } }
        { timestamp: { _gte: $start, _lt: $end } }
      ]
    }
    order_by: { timestamp: desc }
    limit: 200
  ) { id timestamp price_xtz seller_address buyer_address token { token_id name } }
}
EOF
curl -sS "https://data.objkt.com/v3/graphql" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  --data "$(jq -n --arg q "$SALES_Q" --arg contract "$CONTRACT" --arg start "$START" --arg end "$END" '{query:$q,variables:{contract:$contract,start:$start,end:$end}}')" \
  | jq '{listing_sales_count:(.data.listing_sale|length),offer_sales_count:(.data.offer_sale|length),volume_xtz:((([.data.listing_sale[].price_xtz]|add // 0)+([.data.offer_sale[].price_xtz]|add // 0))/1000000),sales:(.data.listing_sale + .data.offer_sale | sort_by(.timestamp))}'
```

---

## Resources

- [The AC Story](STORY.md) — Technical history and evolution
- [Write a Piece](WRITE-A-PIECE.md) — Create your own AC program
- [KidLisp Docs](kidlisp/) — Language reference
- [User Guide](USER-GUIDE.md) — How to use AC as a player

---

## Ant Guidance

The ant-specific mindset and rules now live in [`ants/mindset-and-rules.md`](ants/mindset-and-rules.md).

---

## Embodiments

Different agents perform from this score in different ways.

- **AestheticAnts** — Automated AI colony that makes small, confident changes. See `ants/` for colony rules and implementation.
- **Human contributors** — Welcome in `chat`. Read the score, pick a task, follow signal.
- **@jeffrey (the queen)** — Writes and maintains this score.
- **Claude on ac-native** — A Claude Code CLI binary is bundled into the
  initramfs at `/bin/claude`, pre-authenticated with @jeffrey's
  credentials. When running inside ac-native it has the same repo view
  as everywhere else, plus direct access to the real hardware.

---

## Hardware Probing on ac-native

When the onboard Claude is debugging a device (missing speakers, WiFi,
trackpad, etc.) the below surfaces are always available without needing
a separate diagnostic build. Probe from the prompt, a piece, or a shell
— whatever fits the task.

### Boot-time logs (USB pulled out then inspected on a host)

- `/mnt/pre-launch.log` — init script's full probe dump: GPU nodes,
  block devices, net ifaces, rfkill state, PCI devices with bound
  drivers, ACPI codecs, sound PCM names, GPIO chips + descriptor
  consumers, ASoC debugfs, MAX98357A amp state, and a subset of the
  running kernel config via `/proc/config.gz` (CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y).
- `/mnt/kmsg.log` — persistent `cat /dev/kmsg` for the entire boot
  session. Grep for any driver probe, dev_dbg, or warning.
- `/mnt/ac-native-stderr.log` — ac-native's ALSA init trace
  (device opened, mixer enumeration, volume sets, XRUN count).
- `/mnt/flash-last.log` — flash-thread telemetry from the last OTA.

### Runtime probing (piece APIs)

- `system.audio.listPcms()` → array of `{device, card, num, id, name}`.
  Skips HDMI. `active: true` marks the PCM ac-native's main audio
  thread opened.
- `system.audio.testPcm(device, freq_hz, duration_ms, volume)` — plays
  a short sine wave on an arbitrary ALSA device in a detached thread.
  Used by the `speaker` piece to find which PCM actually drives the
  onboard speakers vs headphone jack vs HDMI. Piece source:
  [speaker.mjs](system/public/aesthetic.computer/disks/speaker.mjs).
- `system.firmware.{available, board, biosVersion, install}` —
  machines running MrChromebox coreboot can reflash from os.mjs's
  firmware panel (gated behind `/dev/mtd0` + `bios_vendor=coreboot`).

### Live sysfs hotspots

- `/proc/asound/card0/pcm*p/info` — per-PCM id/name. On SOF:
  pcm0p is usually "Speakers", pcm1p "Headset", pcm2-4p are HDMI.
- `/sys/bus/gpio/devices/` + `/sys/kernel/debug/gpio` — list every
  GPIO chip + which consumer holds which pin. `gpio-* | sdmode` shows
  the MAX98357A speaker-enable line.
- `/sys/bus/pci/devices/<BDF>/driver` — symlinks to each PCI device's
  driver. `drv=NONE` means the driver isn't bound (either missing
  config, missing firmware file, or missing ACPI device match).
- `/sys/bus/acpi/devices/<HID>:NN/physical_node/driver` — same but
  for ACPI-enumerated devices (audio codecs, embedded controller,
  pinctrl, etc).
- `/proc/config.gz` — `zcat /proc/config.gz | grep CONFIG_FOO=` tells
  you definitively whether a config survived `make olddefconfig`.

### Build-time canaries

`docker-build.sh` verifies six critical driver symbols (`jsl_pinctrl_
acpi_match`, `max98357a_sdmode_event`, `rt5682_i2c_probe`,
`i2c_dw_prepare_clk`, …) are linked into vmlinux via `nm`. When a new
config toggles on, a hash sentinel wipes the matching subsystem's
object files so kbuild actually rebuilds them. If your build fails at
"BUILD SANITY: critical driver symbols missing", wipe the persistent
docker volume: `docker volume rm ac-os-kbuild`.